I’m really enjoying my time off and getting some perspective and direction from God. I was too close to our building project and really operating out of my flesh. God showed me yesterday just how dry I was and how I need to be renewed, refreshed and revived.
The really cool thing is that he spoke to me through a movie. Yesterday was “$.50 cent Tuesday” at my local dollar movie. I saw a movie with themes of hope, healing, restoration, grace and mercy all through it and it reminded me of Christ’s unconditional love for me, His amazing grace, His unending mercy (which is new EVERY morning) and the hope that I have in Him.
Driving home, I prayed a dangerous prayer: I prayed that God would help me to fall in love with Him again. That He would give me a deep longing and soul craving for Him, His Word, His Presence and that I would once again find Him daily in my secret place.
Anyone that knows me, knows that I’m a true artist - I’m a night owl and definitely not a morning person. I prayed and asked God to allow me to wake up earlier and have time with Him each day before work. I’ve always done my quiet time at night - before bed. I still might read some at night, but I really feel a desire to start my day off in His Word and His Presence.
Pray for me - that God would answer my prayer, that I would wake up refreshed each morning and ready to spend that precious time with him DAILY. Pray that I would fall in love with Jesus all over again.
If you will take this seriously and pray this for me, I will forever be grateful and thank you one day in heaven. 
December 12th, 2007 at 7:38 am
Greg, thanks for being so honest and transparent with us. It’s probably easier to just cover the techie stuff than to get real, but one thing I really appreciate about you is that you’re a real guy, just wanting to be a blessing to Christ’s body.
I’m the first one up @ my house, and I check your blog every morning (just look @ the time stamps on my replies!). From now on, every time I hit your blog, I’ll be praying for you, that God would give you the desires of your heart, and that you would continually go deeper in your walk with Him.
December 12th, 2007 at 7:49 am
Greg, I’m so pleased to hear that you are realizing this before God has to really get your attention. I have been stripped bare mentally and emotionally by God over the last month until I had no choice but to surrender to Him. I’m praying for your renewal and for time uninterupted and undistracted with God alone.
Being deeply rooted in Christ you will continue to be a great resource and blessing to all of us serving as ministers in media and technology.
December 13th, 2007 at 8:12 am
You will surely be in our prayers. Please let us be in yours as well. You hit it on the head when you discussed how you can be “operating out of your flesh”.
It’s funny how being an artist you feel you have to rely on your own creativity and ideas, thank God that the truest inspiration comes from Him. Takes a bunch of stress off for us Christian artists. leave it up to the enemy to make us think that we have to do everything ourselves.
I feel your pain about waking up earlier. I’m a night owl myself, but if i didn’t have this morning time with God I would feel like I was eating my cheerios without the milk.